Sandy Creeks Claflin named to all-state softball first team

Sandy Creek junior pitcher Chelsea Claflin was named to the Class C all-state softball first team Sunday, highlighting 12 area players chosen by the New York State Sportswriters Association.

Claflin, the 2012 Times All-North Most Valuable Player for the Frontier League, went 16-2 with 169 strikeouts and a 0.58 earned-run average. She hit for a .500 average and drove in 30 runs, leading the Comets to their first state tournament appearance since 2007. She was named to the all-state fourth team last season.

Claflins teammate, Karintha Myslivecek, and St. Lawrences Lindsay Thayer were each named to the fourth team in Class C. Allie Barton of Thousand Islands was chosen for the Class C fifth team.